Physicians Call for Investigation into Bill Lee’s Handling of COVID-19

Tennessee Governor Faces Scrutiny as COVID Cases Rise in Volunteer State

Reacting to the firing of Dr. Michelle Fiscus, Tennessee physicians last night launched a letter to the Justice Department calling for an independent counsel to investigate Governor Bill Lee for “reckless misconduct and abuse of his office’ for his suppression of public health and safety guidance and for the political firing of the state’s top health employee, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, just for her doing her job to help vaccinate, and protect, children ahead of school resuming this fall.

Dr. Jason Martin, a critical care physician who has been treating COVID-19 patients since the beginning of the pandemic said, “Over the last year, Governor Lee has continued to reject the advice of health experts which has prolonged the COVID crisis and brought us entirely avoidable school and business closures and avoidable hospitalizations and deaths. Bill Lee’s misconduct , suppressing vital, life saving public health guidance and now the political firing of a state health employee for doing her job, endangers Tennessean’s lives, threatens our state’s recovery and will result in more avoidable hospitalizations and deaths and he must be investigated, and held accountable.”

In a call earlier today, Dr. Martin shared the story of one COVID-19 patient he treated:

“I am still haunted by one case in particular — our team had to call a young girl, the only English…